Crafting Gil-Galad's Shield...

[Jamanticus]

Alrighty...

Here's the premise:

One of my favorite LotR characters, Gil-Galad, gets around 5 seconds of screentime in the entire trilogy, yet he has some of the coolest armor and weaponry.

Recently, I saw Weta is offering presales on a miniature version of his kingly shield.



This made me think of a certain full-sized shield already made...

I'm thinking this: an extra 'plate' to put over the top part of the shield... Something with a low melting temp that I can just heat up and conform it to the shape of the shield... some epoxy putty for the detailing on the plate, and a new paint job, and I've converted an ordinary Elven shield into Gil-Galad's shield.

Any advice starting out? This might not get off the ground for a while- I've no sculpting experience, no heating-up-plastic-and-forming-it-over-something experience, and then there's the fact that I don't actually *own* one of these Elven shields yet :lol

 

[Mike Rush]

Yeah, but apart from that you're good to go! :lol

Seriously, best of luck. The base shape certainly looks the same so it ought to be possible. :thumbsup

 

[BlindSquirrel]

That's a pricey piece to convert. I'd make a waster mold from it, cast up a copy in fiberglass, sand it smooth and re-build all the new detail in epoxy putty. Then you'd have an awesome display pair!

 

[Jamanticus]

That's a pricey piece to convert. I'd make a waster mold from it, cast up a copy in fiberglass, sand it smooth and re-build all the new detail in epoxy putty. Then you'd have an awesome display pair!

Yeah- that would definitely be a good idea. Plus, it'd give me the opportunity to make the details on Gil-Galad's shield more pronounced than on the normal shield.

Thanks for the tip!